Weather-screen for vehicles



W. F. MARVIN.

WEATHER SCREEN FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED 1AN.22.1919.

1,317,208. Patented Sept, 30, 1919.

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WEATHER SCREEN FOR VEHILLES.

Patented Sept. 30, 1919.

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WILFRED 1F. MARVIN, OF NEWARK, NEW YORK.

WEATHER-SCREEN FOR VEHICLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 30, 1919.

Application filed January 22, 1919. Serial No. 272,578.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILFRED F. MARVIN, of Newark, in the county of IVayne and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lVeather- Screens for Vehicles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon;

My present invention relates to vehicles and more particularly to vehicle bodies and it has for its object to provide a simple, cheap and eflicient weather screen for use in conjunction with the ordinary folding top that will be readily attachable and detachableby unskilled persons and will form an inexpensive closed body for automobiles. To these and other ends the invention resides in certain improvements and combinations of parts all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of the specification.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation of the left side of a vehicle body provided with a weather screen constructed in accordance with and illustrating one embodiment of my invention Fig. 2 is a central sectional view showing the interior of-the right side of the vehicle;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary elevation of the right side of the vehicle;

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section showing a plan of the interior and taken on the line 41 of Fig. 2;

Fig.5 is a vertical central section showing the interior of the left side of the vehicle;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail section taken substantially on the line 66 of Fig. 3;

Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail section taken substantially on the line 77 of Fig. 3;

of a single seated vehicle or runabout, as the,

application to the other type simply involves an extension of the same structure. The particular body design illustrated is of a fam liar type comprising an upholstered seat 1 including a back wall 3 and side walls 4, an outwarding swinging door 2 at the right side of the vehicle between the seat and the cowl or front portion 5 and a continuous wall 6 in a corresponding position on the other side of the vehicle. Mounted on the cowl 5 is a bracket frame 7 carrying a lower windshield frame 8 and glass 9 and an upper windshield frame 10 and glass 11. The upper windshield frame is pivoted to the lower by bolts 12 extending through overlapping hinging cars 13 on the respective members. Lamps 13 are also mounted on the bracket frame 7 by bolts 14: passing through cars 15 thereon (see Figs. 1 and 8).

I have also shown a familiar type of folding top on the body consisting of a top portion 16 and a back curtain 17 extending from it downwardly to the rear 4 of the seat. A central bow 18 gives support and curvature to the top 16 and to it are pivoted at 19 and 20 the front and rear inclined bows 21 and 22, respectively. The central bow 18 is itself pivoted on a bolt 23 secured to the side of the seat (see Fig. 6). The curved sides or corners of the top 16 are supported beneath to prevent wrinkling and preserve their rounded form by the usual longitudi nally extending pads 24 against which the central bow 18 exerts its stretching pressure.

My invention contemplates the provision of preferably independent screen members 25 and 26 at the left and right sides of the vehicle extending from the seat to the top and from the rear curtain 17 to the windshield 8-10. I will first describe the screen on the left, the two screens differing only in that a door, provided in one of them, requires additional provisions not necessary in the other.

On this left side, the screen consists of a frame having two windows 27 and 28 therein which frame rests upon the uph0lstered side of the seat and extends upwardly beneath the side of the top 16, as shown in Fig. 5. Its upper edge rests against and makes a tight joint w th the padding strip 21 as shown in detall n Fig. 7 and it is held wedged against this padding strip by a bolt 29 that passes through a slot 30 in the frame and hooks around the central how 18 hich is on the outside e ""the curvature of the back of the seatand of the rear curtain 17,, infront of which latter it extends and by which it is overi lapped tomake a weather tight joint; At

lowermost point.

also Fig. 10). The bolt is tightened by means of a wing nut 31 on the inside. At a point directly below, a plate 32' on the frame isapertured to receive the pivot bolt 23 of the bow which holds the frame rigidly to the structure of the top, at this At its rear edge, there is secured to the frame-a thin plate 33 of pliable or bendable material such as sheet -metal which may be made to conform to the front, a metal plate or molding 34 is similarly secured and this plate, as shown in- Fig. 4, extends forwardly and thence inwardly into sealing contact with the is perforated to receive the bolt 14 of the glasses 9 and 11 of the windshield just inside of the frames thereof. This molding lamp 18 so that it may be clamped between the latter and its bracket 15. Between the seat and the windshield a cleat 35 is secured irons 36, as shown in Fig; 9, and the cleat to the bottom edge of'the frame by angle -is in turn fastened to the wall 6 of the body the front to the'windshield at a higher point e by screws 37. The frame is also fastened at by the pivot bolt 12 ofthe latter, which it is apertured to receive. It will be noted that all of these fastening devices are of a simple nature such ascan be fitted and se cured by unskilled persons and where bolt surfaces of the unholstery out of contact holes occur, slots instead of more restricted openings may be provided as at 30, to allow for variations in the measurementsof a par- 'ticular vehicle. I prefer to provide a finish- "ing strip 88 on the outside of the lower'edge' of the frame which strip conceals the lateral with the surface of the body.

;The screen 26 for the right side of the body is constructed in substantially the same manner and similarly secured and I have used the same reference numerals to indicateits parts. This is the entrance side "of the vehicle, however, in the present in- I stance, and therefore above the body door topics of this patent may be obtained for 2 and instead of the window 28 on the other side, I provide a door 3 9 that preferably swings inwardly on account of the how '21.

Its hinges 40 are at its front edge and a wedge lock 41 is provided at its free edge to prevent it from rattling when closed. It cannot be secured to thebody door 2 as the latter swings outwardly and I therefore, if the structure of the body requires, build up the door 2 to meet the lower edge of this door 39 with an angle member 42,

as shown in Fig. 8, so that it will correspond in exterior appearance to the opposite side of the car. As this frame26 is somewhat weakened by the provision of the door,'I may, as shown in Fig. 8, secure it. additionally at the front and bottom by an angle frame 7 7 Ascreen of the'foregoing nature provides 7 an inexpensive, closed body for the car that iron bracket 43 extending to the bracket 7 of the bow to rest at its lower edge above 7 the seat and having its upper edge wedged against the pad strip of the top and an adjustable clamp securing the screen to the side arm of the bow.

2. The combination with a vehicle body including a seat and a folding top including a flexible back curtain secured to the I back of the seat,of a rigid plane weather screen resting above the side of the seat and extending to the top and a pliable strip secured. to the rear edge of the screen and curved inwardly from the plane thereof in front of the rear curtain of the top.-

WILFRED F. MARVIN.-

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